AMA Superbike Infineon Results

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Yoshimura Suzuki finished 1-2 while Monster Energy Kawasaki gobbled up the third slot on the podium.

Rockstar Makita Yoshimura Suzuki's Ben Spies won his third consecutive AMA Superbike race in hot and windy conditions at Infineon Raceway in Sonoma, California. The win was Spies 21st career Superbike win which puts him in third in the all-time win list.

Spies started the 28-lap race from pole position, however, when the green flag dropped it was Yamaha's Eric Bostrom with the holeshot. Behind Bostrom was the No. 1 bike of Spies, his Suzuki teammate Mat Mladin, American Honda's Miguel Duhamel and Yamaha's Jason Disalvo.

Bostrom's run up front would be short lived though, when Spies passed Bostrom's YZF-R1 before the end of the first lap. Mladin also made quick work of Bostrom, dispatching him in Turn 4 on the next lap.

Monster Energy Kawasaki's Jamie Hacking moved past Disalvo into fourth position with American Honda's Neil Hodgson and Jordan Suzuki's Aaron Yates all in hot pursuit. Hacking continued to push to the front, passing Bostrom for third position on Lap 13.

"Were working on this thing slowly but surely," said Hacking. "I was being patient trying to push him [Bostrom] into a

E-Boz battles it out with Jamie Hacking during AMA Superbike.

mistake."

Meanwhile Spies has completely check out on the field and had amassed over a 10-second lead over his teammate by halfway through the race. Spies continued unchallenged to the checkered flag.

"The bike worked pretty good," said Spies. "We're doing what we need to do to win the championship, but we got to try and make it faster for tomorrow."

Mladin finished comfortably in second place with Hacking nabbing his first-ever Superbike podium finish. Rounding out the top-five was Bostrom and Yates.

"I wasn't catching Ben today," Mladin said. "He was too fast. His team has done a great job this weekend. We'll give it another shot tomorrow."

Monster Kawasaki's Jamie Hacking pulled-off the double podium for the first time at Infineon Raceway with a pair of third place finishes.

Superbike Race 2

Rockstar Makita Yoshimura Suzuki's Ben Spies won Sunday's Superbike Race 2 by a margin of 8.042-seconds over his teammate Mat Mladin. Spies jumped to the front immediately and led all 28-laps completely unchallenged. By winning both Superbike races Spies shaved 11-points off of Mladin's championship points lead.

"I was riding as hard as I could but I was having a couple of moments, some slides," said Spies. "It was a whole lot tougher than it was yesterday. I was trying to be consistent and not make too many mistakes."

In the earlier stages of the race Mladin kept within a second of Spies but my race mid-point Mladin couldn't keep pace with the laptimes Spies was throwing down.

Holden started the 17-lap race from pole position but at the start of the race it was Jordan Suzuki's Aaron Yates with the holeshot. Behind him was M4 EMGO Suzuki's Blake Young, Holden, Yates' Jordan Suzuki teammate Geoff May and Roadracingworld.com's Robertino Pietri.

On Lap 14, KWS Motorsports Lee Acree ran into the back of Jason Pridmore's Azteq USA-sponsored GSX-R1000 causing both of them to crash, which in turn brought out the red-flag. Both riders were transported to Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital. The race was officially called and Holden was declared the winner.

"I kept hearing them Jordan Suzukis behind me and I knew I couldn't make a mistake because they were right there," said Holden. "I just put my head down and tried not to make any mistakes."